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I've passed through it, tyke. All I can remember is that it isn't pronounced quite how it looks!

Wikipedia has this:

The place-name Penistone is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Pengestone and Pangeston. Penistone is situated on a high ridge, which is believed to be the source of its name.[3] Penistone derives from penn in Old Welsh, which means head, end, top, height or hill, and the Old English ing, a place-name forming suffix and tun, an enclosure, farmstead, village or estate. It most likely means a farm or village at or called Penning

Thanks Chrise,

I`ve passed through the town many times when it was on the old Woodhead Tunnel line from Sheffield Vic to Manchester - this was a brilliant hourly service - shame they went for the Hope Valley route.
The last time I played cricket was an inter-office `do`at the works ground in Penistone - it caused some amusement for the small `crowd` watching as some of us had never played the game at all!

I was pleased to read that "cricket has re-started in this country". But it was in Guernsey, and to me that is not in the UK, or even GB.

It is part of the British Isles, a geographical concept, as I understand it, which includes the Republic of Ireland.

In Rugby Union we get the absurd "British and Irish Lions", when they used to play as "The British Isles" - nickmame Lions.

Hi Jigjag,

I`ve been to Jersey several times but not Guernsey. They play all the main sports on both islands, cricket, football and rugby - they are British Crown Dependencies and have their own governance, laws etc, similar to the Isle of Man I believe.

Chrise
To quote MT, You swing if you want to, this lady's not for swinging. Well, not these days anyway, ha, ha. I'll be honest, I had to look up Swinging before I posted, I've led a very sheltered existence, pity we can't post Smiley Faces.

Tyke51and Malone
Again ha, ha. It's amazing how we see things that aren't there, it took me ages to understand all the comments because as far as I was concerned, the word was Pendants, end of story. Then I said OOPs. And I've never been good at subtle.

Tyke

I have never been to the Channel Islands, although been to IOM many times. Used to love the boat trip from Liverpool, and enjoyed the casino there.

What do they depend on us for - defence I suppose? I know they have their own (very low) taxes.

I enjoyed the Times crossword today (cricket and and appeal clues for Malone). But it seems you have to be fluent in many languages to solve it nowadays. My French is OK after my recent exile there, and I can get by in Italian, but the words today are surely not well known enough for a crossword.

Je ne regrette rien, piu o meno!

Malone

I could manage 9 some days, but not every day I think.

I regard a glass of wine, regardless of size, as one unit, same as a pint. I dont drink wine in bars any longer after getting fed up "Do you want a 125 millilitre glass or 250" and the like which I dont understand. I dont mind a half-full glass of wine, but I insist on a full pint.

Jigjag,

Interesting stuff about today's Times puzzle. I found it pretty straightforward and would have preferred something more challenging. One of the foreign words pops up regularly in crosswords, it put in an appearance over the weekend. The other foreign one was in a recent puzzle, albeit with a variant spelling. The 'appeal' clue was irritating, it always is. Any cricket references must have passed me by - I've trained my brain well.

Grunger
In this hot weather, keeping hydrated is vitally important. Your pints are contributing to your well-being, physically and mentally. What sort of pies are you focussing on just now? It really doesn't seem like steak and ale, steak and kidney or chicken, ham hock and leek weather right now.